Areopagitica for All!

I realize that probably no one will recognize the title, Areopagitica by John Milton. It was an attempt by John for free speech in 1644 against British parliament. John Milton believed in a world of free speech without censorship as well as the belief in the marketplace of ideas. John saw that everyone should get to voice their opinions, knowledge, information, etc. in the form they please. What he believed in stronger than that was that it is the consumer's job to determine from the marketplace of ideas what items in the market were rotten and which were ripe for the picking. I agree with John one hundred and ten percent! The publisher has done their job of supplying the content, and now it is the consumer's job to analyze whether or not that content is worthy of serious consideration or just poppycock. I think that the Internet has seriously de-railed people's will to actually filter the information they are being given. Just like the State Farm commercial says, “You can’t always believe what’s on the Internet.” I believe this has also become a major factor in people’s decisions on voting for public office representatives. I seriously think our nation needs a swift kick in the ass to stop just going with the flow and start really evaluating our decisions.